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US-11699613

Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same

PublishedJuly 11, 2023
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2. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring a sum of thicknesses of the second and third epitaxial layers by using an upper surface of the first epitaxial layer as a reference line.

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3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first epitaxial layer comprises silicon carbide and/or silicon germanium.

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4. The method of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the second epitaxial layer is from about 1000 Å to about 1500 Å.

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5. The method of claim 1, wherein the impurity region has a crystal defect density lower than a crystal defect density of the preliminary impurity region.

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6. The method of claim 1, wherein an upper portion of the active fin comprises an undoped semiconductor pattern that is a portion of an undoped semiconductor layer.

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9. The method of claim 8, wherein a thickness of the channel region in a vertical direction that is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal direction is about 1.1 times a thickness of one of the pair of source/drain regions in the vertical direction.

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10. The method of claim 8, wherein heating the substrate is performed at an ambient temperature of from about 850° C. to about 950° C. and for from about 20 min to about 50 min.

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12. The method of claim 8, wherein the impurity region has a crystal defect density lower than a crystal defect density of the preliminary impurity region.

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15. The method of claim 14, wherein forming the channel layer comprises forming an undoped semiconductor layer by performing an epitaxial growth process using the second epitaxial layer as a seed layer.

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17. The method of claim 14, wherein an upper portion of each of the active fins comprises a portion of the second epitaxial layer and a portion of the channel layer.

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July 11, 2023

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